Garment bag



Dec. 13, 1927.

H. RINGEL 1652798 GARMEN T BAG Filed July 23, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet l l INVNTOR. wganw n ATTORNEY Dec. 13, 192.7.

1,652,798 H. RINGEL GARMENT BAG Filed July 23. 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENToR.

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A TTORNEY Patented Dec. 13, 1927.

lUNITED STATES HERMAN RINGEL, F NEWARK, NEXV PATENT OFFICE.

JERSEY, ASSIGNOR T0 CONVERTERS PAPER COMPANY, 0F NEWARK, NEVI JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

GARMEN T .'BAG.

Application filed July 23,

This invention relates to improvements in garment bags as employed for the storage of clothing at unused periods.

Such bags are made of strong thick paper,

of a size commensurate with their purpose, preferably open at one of their longitudinal edges, which, after the wearing apparel has been entered, is tightly folded or otherwise enseamed to prevent the entrance of moths and other insects destructive to the clothing, as well as dust, the bag being substantially air tight.

Usually the garments are disposed on a hanger attached interiorly of the bag `to a supporting hook by which the filled bag is suspended on a polev or hook in a closet or like storage room.

As the articles so protected are usually 'stored for a considerable period of time, it is quite essential that they be disposed Within the bag as smoothly as possible, free from folds, wrinkles, creases, etc., so that when required for use they will present a desirable neat appearance.

It is however quite difficult for one person to properly maneuver the garments and bag at the same time, as the tendency of the bag is to close and its size renders it an awkward object to handle when placing the articles therein, the result frequently being a messy, untidy appearance of the garments when re- -moved as required for use.

It is therefore the principal object of the present invention to provide means,`operable at will, whereby the side walls of the bag may be distended to such an extent that articles of clothing, neatly arranged upon a. common hanger, can be entered and allowed to hang pendant within the bag without distortion, or even adjusted by 'a single operator without difficulty, the bag thereafter collapsing to its normal thickness, plus the goods enclosed in it. y

A further feature is in the provision of a single hook-like support at the end of the bag having interior elements, operating in conjunction with spreader plates, whereby the bag may be distended uniformly from y within or permitted to collapse as desired.

Another purpose is to produce single unitary wire element having the combined functions of suspending hook7 hump opener and hanger ring support.

Other advantages will hereafter appear in 1926. Serial No. 124,425.

the detailed description of structural elements, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, forming a material part hereof, and in which Figure 1 is a side elevational view of an embodiment of the invention, partially broken away at one end.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on line 2 2 of Figure 3 and drawn to an enlarged scale.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken in a plane at a right angle to Figure 2, showing the walls of the bag, in a normal closed position.

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3 but showing the bag walls as distended.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary side elevational view of a modified form of bag support and opening device.

Figure 6 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the center line of Figure 5 showing the bag as expanded.

Figure 7 is a perspective view of the hook support plate in detail.

In common with ordinary garment bags the present embodiment is constructed from al single sheet of strong, dense paper of suitable thickness and size, folded at the bottom 5 to present sidewalls 6 and 7, permanently secured along one longitudinal edge by a. cemented seam 8 and at the top by a similar seam 9, the opposite longitudinal edge being open to permit the entrance of articles and thereafter folded and seamed dust proof in any preferred manner. v

Cemented to the inner surfaces of the side walls 6 and 7, at approximately the center of their width, is a stiff card-board bent to present leaf plates 10 and 11, integrally connected at the fold 12, the same being disposed at the top of the seam 9@ A small perforation at the center of the fold and seam permits passage of a wire 13, its outer portion being formed into an open hook 14 engageable with a pole or support and its inner portion bent and folded upon itself to produce a rightangle hump 15 disposed in the plane of the hook.

A continuation 16 of the wire is in register with the main upper portion 13 and terminates in a looped eye 17 carrying a ring, as shown in broken lines, in which may be engaged the hook of a garment holder as will be clearly understood.

turned oppositely outward, tightly over its outer-surface interjacent the bag wall 6, retaining the wire element thereaga-inst but permitting it to rotate, and the opposite end of the bag may be similarly supplied with like members if desired.

The operation of opening or expanding lthe bag is vaccomplish-ed by grasping the hook 14 and rotating its wire stern until the hook is disposed transversely to` the bag, as shown in Figure 4,v in which position the hump 15 will force the plate 11 outward, away Jfrom the plate 10, obviously expanding the bag sidewalls and presenting a ring Y in the eye 17 in position to receive a hook or like garment supporting device. Y

When the articles have been entered .through the open side edge and adjusted within the bag the hook 14 is again actuated in the manner of a handle, turning the hump to lie fiat between the plates 10 and 11 which will thus assume the position shown in Figure V3. Y

In Figures 5 and 6 a conventional closet pole is designated by the numeral 20, engageable with which isa wire hook 21 having a stem 22 extending downward along one of the outer sides of the bag and having at its end a closed loop 24.

AV thin flat sheet metal plate 25, shown in detail in Figure 7 and of any preferred contour, is formed with an opening 26, the

vmetal being sheared to present a plurality of inbent prongs 27 extending around the edge of the opening, these prongs being adapted to pierce the bag material and reentorcement 10 to be clinched on the inner side AVfirmly securing the plate to the bag.

Near the upper end of the Vplate are two longitudinally spaced smaller openings 28 and adjacent the space therebetween are a pairV of elongated slots 29, these Vslots aiding in stretching the metal between them and the openings 28 when forming a raised integral clip 30 in which the loop 24 engages.

It will be'understood that the stem 22 of the supporting hook may be partially rotated in the clip, which is drawn to the lower .end ot the loop in supporting the weight of the bag and its enclosures.

Fixed on the inner side of the bag, opposite the plate 25, is a second plate, a duplicate in every particular, but disposed in a. reverse position. f

Another' wire hook 31 is provided with a stem 32 passing through the loop 30 of the inner plate and bent at a right angle 33 to form a hump 34, the other leg 35 et which extends nearly or quite to the stem 32, below the loop 30,preventing accidental displacement.

ln order to expand the bag, an operator reaches in through the open side edge of the 'bag to grasp and turn the hoolr 31. which -action obviously moves the hump 34 from the position shown in Figure 5 to that illustrated in Figure 6,pressing the bag sides apart. Y

Then the garments have been suspended on the hook 31 it may be partially rot-ated into its initial, flat position, allowing the bag to assume its normal fiat condition.

Although the foregoing is descrip-tive of preferred embodiments of the invention, it will be apparent that minor changes may be made in its construction, without the exercisev of invention or conflicting with the scope of the claims hereto appended.

Having thus described my invention, what lclaim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

Y 1. A Ygarment bag comprising a paper re'- ceptacle open at one of' its longitudinal edges integral stilplates secured to the inner surfaces of the bag sides and folded midway their length, said plates being disposed at the end of the bag, a hoolrhaving a stem entering the end tol-ds ofthe bag and plates, a hump on said stem extending in the plane of said hool, means to confine said stem against one of said plates, and an eye at the end of said stem extendingv into the bag.

2. In a garment' bag having expansibley sides, a stitl plate foldedat its median line and secured to the inner surface of the bag side walls at the top thereof, a wire bent to present a hook the stem of said hook extending into the bag through its end edge and between the elements of said plate, a hump on said stem to operably engage said plates, a

clip securing said stem to one of said plates,

said stem being rotatable in the' clip, and a looped eye at the inner end ofsaid stem, said hump and eye being disposed in the plane of said hook.

' This specification signed this 22nd day of July, 1926.

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